Today with everyone being on the go and rushing to and from everything, health has become a serious issue for Americans. It is too easy to let another meal or day slip by and think we will start next time or tomorrow. It really isn’t that difficult to achieve good health and maintain it, we just have to put in a little effort. Some of the most important components to healthy living are: » Read more: Key Components to Healthy Living
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Key Components to Healthy Living
March 15th, 2010Weight Loss Benefits with Whole Body Vibration
March 12th, 2010Whole Body Vibration allows users to gain all of the physiological benefits of exercise in a condensed time frame. That is why WBV is beneficial for fitness and weight loss. People are having difficulty finding time to work out with their busy schedules. With Whole Body Vibration you can get the same physiological benefits of a 1 hour workout in approximately 10 minutes.
Whole Body Vibration acts as a regulatory signal in the body, helping direct the mesenchymal stem cells, the originator to both bone and fat cells, to become bone rather than fat as they mature. Not all vibration will induce this effect: if the vibration is too strong, it can kill the cells: not strong enough and cells do not perceive the signals; the strength must be just right.
Research has shown WBV training » Read more: Weight Loss Benefits with Whole Body Vibration
Tips to Stay Fit in the Winter Using Whole Body Vibration
November 10th, 2009With the coldest season of the year soon approaching, exercising and staying in shape can prove to be challenging tasks as outside temperatures plummet. You’re coming off an all-around active, healthy lifestyle that was so rewarding and fun to maintain during the summer months. Now the feeling of losing it all again during Winter looms, surely not an exciting one unless you’re prepared to » Read more: Tips to Stay Fit in the Winter Using Whole Body Vibration
Overweight Americans and Health Dangers
August 4th, 2009Losing weight is a necessity for many of the overweight Americans today. So much so that in April of 2009 a study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that 66% of Americans 20 years and older were overweight or obese. This is an incredibly high and somewhat scary number.
There was a recent article on healthandwellness.com which discusses this topic along with the implications for health dangers. “Poor diet coupled with a lack of physical activity is not just stressful on the body, it’s downright dangerous. We have a significant increased risk of developing a laundry list of very bad health problems: diabetes (Type 2), heart disease, arthritis, stroke, respiratory problems, liver disease, several types of cancer, and more.” read article here
This shows the severity of the issue and the » Read more: Overweight Americans and Health Dangers
The 7 MOST Neglected Nutrients
July 28th, 2009It’s no surprise that Americans are not the most healthy eaters. But where are we going wrong and what can we do to get better?
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “What We Eat In America” report, the 7 most neglected nutrients are: » Read more: The 7 MOST Neglected Nutrients
